Rice Consolidated @ Hempstead

Boys Varsity Basketball Winter 11-12 · Tuesday, January 17, 2012

School Name	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Rice Consolidated	14	11	14	15	54
Hempstead	11	9	17	15	52

Game Story

Texas High School Basketball - Rice Consolidated edges Hempstead

(January 17, 2012: Hempstead, TX 77445) The Rice Consolidated Raiders (Altair, TX) basketball nipped the host Hempstead Bobcats (Hempstead, TX), 54-52 in Tuesday's league test.

The Raiders (10-13) will now prepare for their test against Hallettsville (Hallettsville, TX). The Brahmas go into the 2A Region IV District 28 test with a 16-5 record.

The Bobcats now own a 3-2 record. They take the field next when they travel to Hallettsville for a 2A Region IV District 28 outing on Friday, January 20. Hempstead will encounter a Brahmas squad coming off a 69-59 league win over Schulenburg (Schulenburg, TX). The Brahmas record now stands at 16-5.

Scoring Summary

First Quarter Summary:: The Rice Raiders outscored the Hempstead Bobcats 14 -11 in the 1st quarter. Lorenzo Anderson scored 8 points, Jordan Johnson hit a 3 pointer, Everitt Grounds scored 2 and J'Markus Hodge scored 1 pt. for the Raiders.
Second Quarter Summary:: Rice outscored Hempstead in the 2nd quarter 11 - 9 , to give the Raiders a 5 point lead at halftime 25 - 20. David Michalak scored 6 points, Johnson had 3 and Anderson had 2 for the Raiders. The 1st half was one of our better halves of the season as Hempstead has been ranked in the top 20 this year. Hempstead has a lot of athletes and play hard man to man pressure the whole game.
Third Quarter Summary:: Rice started the 2nd half in great shape and actually had a 12 point lead midway thru the quarter. After a Hempstead time out, momentum started turning for the Bobcats and a long 3 point shot from half court cut the Raider lead to 39 - 37 going into the fourth quarter. Everitt Grounds scored 6 points, Anderson 4, Michalak 3 and Jonovan Allen 1 to lead the Raiders in that quarter.
Fourth Quarter Summary:: The fourth quarter was an exciting finish to a great ballgame for the Raiders, Hempstead finally took the lead, but the Raiders fought back behind Grounds who acored 9 of his game high 17 points down the stretch. Grounds scored on 3 straight possession ( two 2 pointers and a huge 3 pointer) propelling the Raiders back into the lead and then Allen made a basket and was fouled and completed the 3 point play with a clutch freethrow. Michalak hit two late freethrows and Anderson hit a freethrow to finish the scoring for the Raiders. Rice and Hempstead each scored 15 points in the 4th quarter, with Rice claiming a 54 - 52 victory. This win puts us right back in the district race for a playoff spot with a 3 - 3 district record. Rice is open on Friday and will start the 2nd round of district next Tuesday vs Halletsville at the Rice gym.

Game Stats